
Senior Program Manager – Media Streaming Services, Ads and Monetization
HP
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Palo Alto • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $116,150 - $182,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead end‑to‑end delivery of media, music, and streaming service programs, including app development, playback experiences, and content discovery.
- Drive cross‑functional execution across engineering, product, UX, content ops, marketing, legal, finance, support, and QA.
- Own program strategy, roadmaps, KPIs, and delivery governance for high‑visibility media and monetization initiatives.
- Oversee app development across mobile, TV, and device platforms, ensuring performance, usability, and feature quality.
- Improve metadata quality pipelines (ingestion, normalization, enrichment, validation) to enhance search, recommendations, and content discovery.
- Lead middleware improvements across APIs, services, and content delivery layers to support scalable media experiences.
- Partner with content providers, studios, broadcasters, and music labels to integrate content pipelines, metadata, rights, and playback requirements.
- Work with BDs and AdTech leads to enable ad-supported monetization.
- Ensure ad experiences meet quality, brand safety, and compliance standards.
- Support GTM planning, launch readiness, and post‑launch optimization for media, app, and ad-supported features.
- Manage 3rd-party development vendors and platform partners, ensuring delivery accountability and SLA adherence.
- Communicate program status, risks, and decisions to executive stakeholders with clarity and influence.
Requirements
- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- 0+ years of work experience, preferably in project management, HP Services business units and with global projects, or related field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.
- Agile/Scrum Master Certification preferred.
- ITIL Certification preferred.
- 10+ years leading large-scale, cross-functional programs in media, streaming, music, or consumer technology.
- Strong experience with program governance, risk management, and KPI-driven execution.
- Deep knowledge of OTT, VOD, Live TV, FAST, or music streaming ecosystems.
- Experience driving app development across mobile, TV, or device ecosystems.
- Understanding of middleware services, APIs, and backend systems powering media experiences.
- Experience with AVOD/FAST monetization, ad insertion (SSAI/CSAI), ad decisioning, targeting, and measurement.
- Proven ability to manage 3rd-party development vendors, content partners, and ad-tech partners.
- Strong understanding of content discovery, playback UX, and engagement flows.
- Familiarity with APIs, cloud services, media pipelines, mobile/web platforms, or connected devices.
- Ability to translate technical requirements into clear program deliverables.
- Exceptional communication and executive stakeholder management.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to drive clarity and alignment in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program governancerisk managementKPI-driven executionapp developmentmiddleware servicesAPIsbackend systemsad insertionad decisioningcontent discovery
Soft Skills
communicationexecutive stakeholder managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingdecision-makingclarityalignmentinfluenceleadershiporganizational skills
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)Agile/Scrum Master CertificationITIL Certification